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EVEBETTE A. BURMES'IER, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WRINGER.

Specification of Isetters Patent.

Application filed December 23, 1918. Serial No. 267,898.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, EvEnE'rrE A. BUR- MESTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, Stateof Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wringers, and declarethe following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in theart to, which it'- pertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanyin drawings, which form a partof this speci cation.

My invention relates to wringers and an object of my improvements is toobviate the breaking and displacement of buttons from garments subjectedto their action.

I accomplish this object in the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a wringer embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. v

Fig. 3, is a detail sectional view of the end of one of the rollers. c

Fig. 4 is an elevation partly in section of a portion of a wringerembodying a modified form of my invention. I

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating a detail of construction.

a ais the frame of a wringer and Z) Z) are the rollers, 0 c 0 0 are thegear wheels by which the rollers 72 b are geared together.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the rollers b b are of theordinary construction for the greater portion of their length butperipheral covering which is slightly elastic is replaced at one end ofeach of said rollers by, a' band I) of considerable elasticity and v ofthe uprights of the frame a and adapted to slide in the direction of theaxes of the rollers b b in said guide. Such guide may be a strip ofmetal secured at its ends to the frame and passing over the plate at andhavi g a 101; therein, the plate 03 being provided with a pin eextending through said slot. 01 is a latch upon the plate (1 having atooth d adapted to engage-in an aperture e in theguide e wh innerposltion. The p ate d is of such a size said plate is in its that whenpushed to its inner position, as shown inFig. 2, it Will form a Shieldextending in front of the portion of the rollers bv b on which are thebands I) b as indicated in Fig. 2.

'When a garment having buttons that are apt to be broken is to be passedthrough be- Patented Dec. 2, 1919..

tween the rollers 12 b the plated is withdrawn to the position shown-inFig. 1' and the portion of the garment having the buttons thereon iscaused to pass between the soft bands I; b which yield to the button asit passes through between them Without breaking or displacing thesame asindicatedin Fig. 4. I

When the wringer is to be used with materials that have no buttons uponthem the plate at is moved to .its inner position and, held therein bythe latch 03 so that the 1 bands I) b are guarded and the-garments onlypass between rollers b b.

Asa modified form of the above construction one of the rollers b b maybe constructed so that it may move in the direction of its axis, itsshaft 6 sliding through the gear Wheel 0 or 0 and through its bearings,a pin b engaging in a slot 6 to permit such movement. The shaft may beprovided at one end with annular peripheral grooves b b in which a pawlf (Fig. 5) actuated by a spring f may engage to hold the roller in oneor the other position. In this case the sides of the frame a a are cutout as shown at a and a so that when the movable roller is moved to itsfarthest position the usual surface of'the to the left, as shown in Fig.4 the soft band b will'be incased in the hollow a of the frame. In thisposition the wringer presents only the ordinary surface of the'tworollers. As an alternative position the movable roller may be moved toits right hand position as shown in Fig. 4 in which its right hand endwill extend into a cavity a in the side of theframe and the soft band I)will be exposed and may be used as above described.

What I claim is: Y

1. In a wringer, the combination of a roller, a flexible peripheralcovering therefor, a portion of the covering at one end of said rollerbeing more elastic than the covering of the remainder of said covering,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a Wringer the combination with a roller having a portion of itsperiphery more yielding than the remainder thereof, of means forshielding said portion of said periphery and removing said shieldingmeans at Will.

3. In a Wringer the combination with a roller having a portion of itsperiphery more yielding than the remainder thereof, a casing formed inthe frame of said Wringer adapted to receive the yielding portion ofsaid roller, said roller being movable longitudinally to pass into saidcavity and be removed therefrom, said casing be ing adapted to form ashielding means for the part of the roller therein.

In testimony whereof, I sign this speei fication.

EVERETTE A. BURMESTER. I

